Southern Cariboos Trophy Hut
Snowpackmaegan.mckee · Jan 11, 2018 · Clearwater
Quick report
- Riding Quality
- good
AST course January 7th to 11th 2018 at Trophy Chalet
Weather
- Avg Temp
- -17
- Max Temp
- -9
- Min Temp
- -18
- Wind Speed
- windSpeedLight
- Sky Condition
- overcast
- Wind Direction
- SW
- New Snow24 Hours
- 3
- Storm Snow Amount
- 27
- Temperature Trend
- steady
- Precipitation Type
- snow
Temp: Steady single didget negative temperatures until morning on Jan 10th (dropping to -12) Jan 11 update furth drop to -17 Snowfall: HS- Starting at 200cm climbing to 212cm over the course duration HST- 30cm of new storm snow over course duration Wind: Light to calm at Trophy Chalet for duration of course. Moderate winds observed at ridgetop Jan 10. Most winds observed trending SW
Snowpack
- Depth
- 212
- Obs Type
- summary
- Test Fracture
- resistant
- Site Elevation
- 2000
- Test Initiation
- moderate
- Foot Penetration
- 45
- Whumpfing Observed
- 1
January 8th and 9th storm deposit of 25cm of snow on Jan 4th interface which was SH on lower elevations and sun crust on higher elevations above 2000m. This interface showed sudden and resistant planar results on many aspects. Whumpfing also heard on many aspects. The Dec 15th layer (60-80cm in) sun crust layer (SH BTL) showed variable results, mostly non-reactive in tests preformed. Did not present at 2150m on SE aspect. WInd slabs found on immediate lee features in upper TL. When storm passed temperatures fell leaving snow light and uncondensed.